Bucharest University Faculty of Physics 2026 Meeting

Atmosphere and Earth Science; Environment Protection

1. 10:00 - 10:15
   Title: Urban heat stress in Bucharest: present and future scenarios and impact on population
   Razvan PIRLOAGA, Bogdan ANTONESCU, Luminita MARMUREANU, Dragos ENE, Anca DUMITRU
   


2. 10:15 - 10:30
   Title: Climate-driven vegetation fire regimes and their impact on air quality, the carbon cycle, and communities
   Daria COJOCARU, Bogdan ANTONESCU, Luminița MARMUREANU
   


3. 10:30 - 10:45
   Title: Estimating Atlantic Ocean circulation variability from subsurface temperature and salinity observational data
   Andrei ȘTEFAN, Mihai DIMA, Denis-Răducu NICHITA
   


4. 10:45 - 11:00
   Title: Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Dynamics Inferred from European Winter Climate Dipoles
   Adrian BERLIC, Mihai DIMA
   


5. 11:15 - 11:30
   Title: Remote Sensing-Based identification of sandy geological formations in the Letea and Caraorman areas using multispectral satellite imagery
   Sofia TĂNASE, Ana-Maria HRENIUC MOROȘAN
   


6. 11:30 - 11:45
   Title: The assessment of surface variations in Lake Amara based on spectral indices derived from multispectral satellite images
   Teodor Cojocaru, Ana-Maria Hreniuc Moroșan
   


7. 11:45 - 12:00
   Title: Hands-On Physics Education Using 3D-Printed and IoT-Based Scientific Tools
   Alexandru Catalin MACOVEI, Eduard NASTASE, Dragos TATARU, Mihai BONI
   


8. 12:00 - 12:15
   Title: All-Sky Camera Systems and Deep Learning for Space Object Detection: Implications for Ground-Based Astronomy
   Cristian OMAT, Mirel BIRLAN
   


9. 12:15 - 12:30
   Title: Photometric analysis of near-Earth asteroids within the NEOPOPS project
   S. ION, M. BIRLAN, A. SONKA, A. BARUCCI, C. OMAT, M. FULCHIGNONI, E. DOTTO, S. IEVA, E. MAZZOTTA EPIFANI, P. PRAVEC, M. LAZZARIN, S. BAGNULO, J. L CANO, M. DEVOGELE, the NEOPOPS team*
   


10. 12:30 - 12:45
    Title: Detection and climatological analysis of stratocumulus clouds in Romania using Cloudnet data
    Genica–Liliana SĂFTOIU GOLEA
    


11. 12:45 - 13:00
    Title: An updated hail climatology of Romania (1995–2025)
    Andreea CRISTIAN
    


12. 13:00 - 13:15
    Title: A Comparative Study of Radon, Volatile Organic Compounds, and Carbon Dioxide Dynamics in Different Indoor Environments
    Gabriela Iorga, Victor Grigorov
    


13. 13:15 - 13:30
    Title: Spatio-Temporal Patterns of Methane and Carbon Dioxide Emissions over Europe and Romania: an EOF Analysis of the EDGAR Inventory (1970–2024)
    A. Scarlat, A. Tudor, M. Dima, G. Iorga
    


14. 13:30 - 13:45
    Title: Multi-pollutant urban air quality characterization across three structurally distinct Southeastern Romanian cities (Giurgiu, Ploiesti, Constanta): source profiles, seasonal dynamics, and meteorological influence
    Bianca MIHALACHE, Gabriela IORGA
    


15. 13:45 - 14:00
    Title: Fog Microphysics Variability and Visibility Relationships in an Urban Environment: Observations from Bucharest
    Alex Vlad, Bogdan Antonescu, Sorin Nicolae Vâjâiac, Gabriela Iorga